Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21068, Nathaniel Emerson, Conn.

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Emerson, Nathaniel Mary
W. 21068
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47 34. New York alb
Mary Emerson widow of Nathaniel Emerson who was a private in the 6 th Regt Line
Letter J. R. Par- ker Jan. 8. 57
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the twenty sixth day of Jan y 1844 and sent to
J. R. Austin Otsego New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 117.
Jan y 8 th 1843. Recd Aug. 23. 1843.

THE NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,
NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK.
AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
PHILADELPHIA,
PRINTED BY MATHEW CAREY,
NO. 122, HIGH-STREET.
1808.

Emerson Nathaniel Emerson Married to Mary Sedgwick Sept the 1st 1886 Andrew Emerson born August the 20th 1887 Catherine Emerson born May the 26th 1889 Henry Emerson born May the 10th 1890 Samuel Emerson born December the 20th 1893 Lewis Emerson born January the 26th 1896 Nathaniel Emerson died May the 30th 1915

State of New York )
Otsego County ss )
Personally appeared before me the undersigned judge - Lewis D. Emerson of the town of Otsego, Otsego County - State of New York. Who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he is 32 years of age and a son of the said Mary Emerson the widow of Nathaniel Emerson. dis. That his father the said Nathaniel Emerson died in the town of Otsego on the 30 th day of May 1814. That his mother the aforesaid widow now lives with his brother Samuel L. Emerson - and that his mother aforesaid remains unmarried and is still the widow of the aforesaid Nathaniel Emerson. That his father kept no record of his Marriage or family - to his knowledge - And that he knows of no record excepting one which he has in a small bible - which Bible was given to him by his mother soon after the death of his father the aforesaid Nathaniel Emerson - That he made a memorandum as a record in said bible from the memory of his mother the aforesaid widow. That the said record contains the time of the marriage of his parents the births of their whole family - to which is added the death of his father the said Nathaniel Emerson. That he knows the death of his father and the ages of Brothers & Sisters to correspond with the said record given by his mother - which memorandum - or record he will present with this his affidavit - further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed on the the 19 th day of November 1835 - before Hiram Kirne Judge of Otsego County Courts
Lewis D Emerson
I certify I am personally acquainted with the above named Lewis D. Emerson that he is a credible person and worthy to be believed
Hiram Kirne Judge of Otsego County Courts " " "

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Hn. M Prentiss Hn

State of New York.
Otsego County ss
On this the ninth tenth day of December 1838 personally appeared before the under signed Judge Mary Emerson a resident of the town of Otsego in the County of Otsego & State of New York aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 entitled an act granting half pay to pension to certain widows. That she is the widow of Nathaniel Emerson who was a soldier of the revolutionary army in the State of Connecticut that he enlisted in the spring of the year 1777 under Capt M c Callin in the regiment under Col. Belburn & Meigs and served to the close of the Continental War. Notwithstanding the records of Hartford do not show further than the year 1781. That she was married to him on the 1 st of September 1786 in the town of Canaan - County of Litchfield Connecticut State. That the said Nathaniel Emerson died on the 30 th day of May 1814. That she has remained unmarried ever since & is now the widow of the aforesaid Nathaniel Emerson. That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four viz at the time above stated.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written
Her Mary + Emerson Mark.
before. Hiram Kinne Judge of Otsego County Courts
N.B. The reason the above named Mary Emerson makes her mark is that from age and disease she is unable to write. And I certify from personal observation she is in my opinion so infirm as to be unable to appear in open Court and I have for that reason administered the oath to her out of Court and I further certify I am personally acquainted with said Mary Emerson and that she is a credible person and worthy to be believed.
Hiram Kinne Judge of Otsego County Courts

State of New York Albany County ss I Jesse Rose clerk of said County do hereby certify that Horatio Kinnic Esq before whom the annexed affidavits of Mary Emerson & Samuel D. Emerson supposed to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Judge in and for Albany County duly Commissioned and sworn and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and the annexed Certificate to be his genuine handwriting and Signature
Witness my hand & seal of office this 21 st day of November A.D. 1838
Jesse Rose C.R.

State of New York
Otsego County ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned judge -
Samuel L. Emerson of the town of Otsego in the County aforesaid. Who being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he is 39 years of age and a son of the within stated Nathaniel & Mary Emerson. That his father the aforesaid Nathaniel Emerson died in the town of Otsego on the 20th 21 st day of May 1814. That his mother
The aforesaid Mary Emerson lives in his house with his family - and that she has never been married since the death of the aforesaid Nathaniel Emerson but that she remains single - the widow of the said Emerson.
And this deponent further saith that he has kept no record except his own but that he had two sister older than himself & one elder Brother Andrew Emerson who was near twelve years older than himself - and that said Andrew is now living as of the one year of age last August. That said Andrew went to the north & he has not heard from him for several years. And that his oldest sister now somewhere probably in the western part of N. Y. State - if now living was forty nine years of age last May - further saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed on this the 18 th day of November 1838 Samuel L. Emerson before Hiram Kiene Judge of Otsego County Court
I certify I am personally acquainted with the above named Samuel L. Emerson that he a credible person and worthy to be believed
Hiram Kiene Judge of Otsego County Court

Stamford Conn y Oct r 1 st 1838
I certify that on application for evidence of the Services of Nath l Emerson, I have examined the records of Settlements made with the Conn y Line of the Continental Army, and find his name in a "Settlement made with the 6 th Conn y Reg t Return J s Morigg Esq r Coll t before Jan y 1 st 1780", where he is entered as a private and commenced Service May 21 st 1777 Time of settlement Jan y 1 st 1780 making 2 Yrs 7 mo s 10 day s . Again in same Reg t commenced Service Jan y 1 st 1780. Time of Settlement Jan y 1 st 1781, making 1 year, and in Col t Debulon Butler's Reg t from Jan y 1 st 1781 to Dec r 31 st 1781 making 12 mo s .
Henry Kirbourn Compt r

Rev  WIDOW, &c.  en
File No. 21,068
Mary Emerson Widow of Nathaniel Emerson Prin. Rev. War
Act Mar 31 1873
Index: Vol. 21 , Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Albany 1616
Mary Emerson widow of Nathaniel Emerson
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 30 May 1814 of Oswego in the State of County who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Callow of the Regt. commanded by Col. Meigs in the Com. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Jany. 1839 and sent to Hon. J. H. Prentiss, H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '38. 200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar. '39 40.00
$ 240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book A. Vol. 2 Page 76

17th July 1855 London

4872 Janu y 17 1844 Owego NY Jan 13
Rev. J. L. Edwards Mary Emmons 3 March 1843 $80 per G. R. H. H. H. H. H. H. Comm ee of Synods New York
Washington D.C.

Chgo January 13. 1844
Yrs I transmit Peter W. Emersons Application with Certif d Seal of Co 6 Clerk which hope will be correct. It was an overnight in sending is before without the certificate
Respectfully Yours Ob d Serv t J. R. Austin

FREE
J. H. Prentiss J. H. P.
Hon. John H. Prentiss House of Representatives Washington D.C.

Oklawaha - Jan - 2 nd 1839 -
Friend Sir: I received yours - dated - Pension office Dec the 24 th And am much pleased (since they found an objection) that you gave me timely notice of the same. The objection is, as they state - "In order to sustain her claim (The Widow Mary Emerson) to the benefit of the service in question, the Claimant must identify her husband as the individual described in the Certificate by a credible witness." You will learn from the within papers that we have succeeded in obtaining two substantial witnesses to the purpose legally executed. And since they named no other difficulty we shall expect to be Honored with a Certificate from the Pension office for the Widow soon. And I am sure that she is entitled to it.
You will notice that the Hartford Certificate shows his services to be 4 years & 7 months instead of 3 years as stated in the letter signed by J. L. Colbourn -
You have as yet gave me no information concerning the Widow Mary Hyatts Claim - I think you can obtain her under the former act - as the law is certainly fully satisfied in that respect. Rule 11 th of that law says - "Where there is no document the Claimant must produce at least one credible witness." and truly where document fails we have produced 2 or 3 - preeminent witnesses. We appeal to the law & testimony - But you will do all that is necessary doubtless. And if one fails you will secure it by the other.
I expect to hear from you as soon as convenient for you. Please direct to me as usual at Oklawaha.
Yours truly and affectionately Lewis Hyatt
Hon. John H. Prentiss

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Leon J. H. Prentiss H. R.

State of New York } Allegany County } I, John R. Clarke of said County do hereby certify that John Blakeley Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits purport to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Elected and qualified and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to each of the annexed affidavits & the Certificate of Credibility to be his genuine handwriting and Signature.
Witness My hand seal of office this 4 th day of January A.D. 1839.
John R. Clarke Clerk
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State of New York Otego County ss - Personally appeared before the undersigned justice of the peace Samuel Fisk of the town of Otego County aforesaid. Who being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he is seventy nine years of age That he is a soldier of the revolution and served under Col. Return John Meigs and that he was well acquainted at that time with Nathaniel Emerson who lived in the spring of 1777 that they both served under Col. B. J. Meigs - Capt. Galtin and he & Nathaniel Emerson were mates under those officers three years together - That he is certain that the Nathaniel Emerson who served with him as above stated is the identical person whose services are certified to in the copy of a Certificate dated Hartford Conn. Oct. 1 - 1834 - That he is well acquainted with the Widow Mary Emerson and has known for many years that she was the wife & is now the widow of the afore said soldier Nathaniel Emerson who died in 1814 - in the town of Otego - That he knew of no other N. Emerson in the afore said regiment or else where That he found the said N. Emerson after the war - in Delaware County in the year 1796 then living with his wife the aforesaid Widow Ma- ry Emerson - That his oldest child was then 8 or 9 years of age - that said emerson & wife afterward moved into the town of Otego where the said Widow now remains unmarried - further saith not Samuel his Fisk Sworn to & subscribed on this the 2 nd day mark of January 1837 before John Blakely Justice of the peace
I certify that from long acquaintance with said Samuel Fisk I know him to be a worthy person & entitled to full credit in his assertions & testimony - John Blakely Justice of the peace
Note. above affiant makes his mark because of age & infirmity John Blakely Justice of the peace

State of New York
Otsego County ss.
Personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the peace John Taylor of the town of Otsego County aforesaid Who being duly sworn according to law deponeth & saith that he is Seventy eight years of age and that he was a revolutionary soldier under Col. Swift And that he was well acquainted with Nathaniel Emerson who was formerly a soldier of the revolutionary war That the said Nathaniel Emerson did not serve in the same regiment with himself but that he knows that the said Nathaniel Emerson did serve under Col. Return John Meigs & he thinks also under Col. Butten That he & the said Emerson lived near neighbours for several years after the close of the war That he never knew any other S. Emerson of the revolution and is confident that the services established agreeably to the copy of a Certificate dated Hartford Conn. Oct. 4 - 1838 must be the services of the aforesaid Nathaniel Emerson Atha. died in Otsego in the year 1814 - And that he was the husband of the widow Mary Emerson now of Otsego That this deponent was married the year 1789 - and he knows that the said Emerson was married two or three years previous to himself That the said Nathaniel & Mary Emersons have Children which must be upwards of 50 years old - if now living And that the said Mary Emerson remains the widow of the the aforesaid S. Emerson - further saith not
Sworn to & subscribed on the 2 nd day of January - 1839 before John Blakely Justice of Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the affiant John Taylor and know him to be a person of credit in his assertions & testimony
John Blakely Justice of Peace

State of New York } ss Otsego County } ss
On this 22 d day of November, 1843 personally appeared before Harvey Hunt Esq a justice of the peace, in and for the County aforesaid Mary Emerson, a resident of the town of Otsego in the County of Otsego aforesaid, Aged Eighty Years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath, make the Decla- -ration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to Widows of Persons who have served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Nathaniel Emerson who, was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution and served as such, under a Warrant of Colonel Zebulon Butler, in the 1 st Connecticut Regiment, that the said Nathaniel Emerson, never drew any pension from the United States during his life time,
That she the said Mary Emerson did receive a pension of Eighty Dollars per Annum, for Five Years from the 4 th of March 1836, under the act of July 7 th 1838, That she further declares, that she is still the Widow of the said Nathaniel Emerson. etc. — I certify that the Declarant is personally known to me, Sworn and subscribed on the day and Year Above written before me. —
Harvey Hunt Justice Mary Emerson mark
In presence of Samuel L. Emerson Harvey Hunt Justice
Otsego County ss I hereby certify that the reason why the above named Mary Emerson does not write her name is in consequence of her great age & partial blindness. Harvey Hunt Justice
State of New York } ss Otsego County } ss I George B. Niles Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Harvey Hunt Esq before whom the above declaration purports to have been sworn was at the date

after the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County Duly Elected and Sworn and authorized to take the same And Further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and readily believe his Signature subscribed to the within draft and certificate to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the 10 th day of January A.D. 1877.
Geo. B. Wilson Clerk
4872
Mary Emerson